Events in September 2008
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Sep. 1
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The Union Finance Secretary Duvvuri Subba Rao is appointed the RBI Governor. |
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Flood waters of the Brahmaputra submerge 60 per cent of Kaziranga National Park in Assam. The situation on the Majuli river-island turns critical. |
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Sep. 2
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Sanjeev Nanda, grandson of the former Naval Chief S.M. Nanda, is convicted in the nine-year-old BMW hit-and-run case by a New Delhi court. |
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Tata Motors Limited suspends work at its small car manufacturing plant at Singur in West Bengal’s Hooghly district. |
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Tapan Sinha is presented the Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2006 in absentia. Soumitra Chatterjee bags best actor award and Priyamani gets best actress award. |
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Sensex surges by over 500 points to regain the 15000-level after 19 days on falling oil prices. |
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Sep. 4
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V. Vaithilingam takes over as the 17th Chief Minister of Puducherry. |
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Sep. 5
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Sanjeev Nanda is sentenced to five years RI for killing six persons in the BMW hit-and-run case. |
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Four districts of northern Bihar still under water a fortnight after a barrage on the Kosi river breached. |
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Sep. 6
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India signs a ‘historic’ agreement with Colombia for cooperation in the entire spectrum of hydrocarbon sector, in New Delhi. |
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Duvvuri Subba Rao takes over as the 22nd Governor of the RBI, in Mumbai. |
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Sep. 7
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The stalemate over land acquisition at Singur ends. Trinamool Congress decides to lift 15-day siege outside the car project site. |
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Sep. 8
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Singer Bhupen Hazarika is conferred the ‘Asom Ratna.’ |
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Sensex surges by 461 points and closes day at 14944.97 points. |
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Sep. 9
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Czech nationals Petr Svecha and Emil Kucera are found guilty of smuggling rare insects out of the Singalila National Park, Darjeeling. |
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Sep. 10
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The Punjab Assembly unseats former Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh, and disqualifies him for the remaining tenure of the 13th Vidhan Sabha after being indicted on corruption charges. |
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The Supreme Court cancels bail granted by the Delhi High Court to the two Ansal Brothers in the Uphaar Cinema tragedy on June 13, 1997 that claimed 59 lives. |
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Sep. 11
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The Union Cabinet approves the signing and ratification of an extradition treaty with Iran. |
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Real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal surrender before a Delhi court and are taken into CBI custody. |
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Sep. 12
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Krishna and Raj Kumar accused in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case are freed on bail by two Ghaziabad courts. |
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Sep. 13
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Twenty people are killed and 100 injured as a series of five bomb explosions rocks busy marketplaces in New Delhi. |
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‘Astra,’ the indigenous air-to-air anti-aircraft missile is successfully test fired at the Chandipur-on-sea after the Orissa coast. |
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The Bihar flood toll touches 131. Incessant rain in the catchment areas of the Kosi river in upper Nepal. |
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Sep. 14
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Major General A.K. Lal is dismissed by an Army Court after being found guilty of molesting a woman officer under his command in the first such case in the history of the nation’s armed forces. |
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Sep. 15
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Nepal’s relationship with India is “unassailable” and cannot be compared with any other country, says the visiting Nepalese Prime Minister Pusha Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) in New Delhi. |
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A Mumbai sessions court holds eight men guilty of murdering four members of the Bhotmange family in Khairlanji village on September 29, 2006. |
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Sensex falls by 469.54 points led by realty stocks as a fallout of the major financial crisis in the U.S. |
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Sep. 16
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Violence erupts again in Orissa’s Kandhamal district as a mob sets ablaze a police station and guns down a constable. |
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Nepal and India agree to set up a three-tier joint water management mechanism. |
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India and Nepal to review 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship. |
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Sep. 17
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Reliance Industries begins crude oil production from the nation’s first deep sea oil field in the Krishna Godavari basin. |
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Sep. 18
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The Union Cabinet gives nod for foreign news magazines to come out with Indian editions. |
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The Cabinet clears Chandrayaan-2 moon mission costing Rs.425 crore. |
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Sep. 19
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Two terrorists, including Mohammad Bashir alias Atif, the alleged mastermind behind the Delhi serial blasts are killed in an encounter in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar area. Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, a highly decorated officer who led the operation lays down his life. |
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Sensex notches up 727 points to close above the 14000-level on heavy buying by funds and investors. |
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Sep. 20
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More than 20 lakh people across 17 districts of Orissa are hit by severe floods in the Mahanadi river system. Lakhs of villagers lie marooned. |
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Sep. 21
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Three suspected terrorists involved in the Delhi serial blasts are arrested in Jamia Nagar in South Delhi. |
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Sep. 22
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The Karnataka Government decides to invoke Anti-Goonda Act, 1985 against people indulging in attacks on places of Christian worship. |
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The CBI files chargesheet in the Rizwanur Rahman case. |
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Sep. 23
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Sensex drops by over 424 points on selling by funds, particularly in IT counters. |
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Arun Ramanathan is appointed Union Finance Secretary. |
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Sep. 24
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Death sentence is awarded to six persons in the September 29, 2006 Khairlanji massacre case by a Bhandra sessions court. Two get lifer. |
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Sep. 25
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The fire aboard Sabarmati Express at the Godhra railway station on February 27, 2002 is a “pre-planned conspiracy” by local Muslims, says the Nanavati-Mehta judicial commission report. |
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Sep. 26
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Two persons, including Santosh Kumar (9) are killed in an explosion at the Mehrauli Sarai market in New Delhi. |
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Sep. 29
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Two persons are killed and 16 injured in a bomb blast at Modasa town in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district. Six persons are killed and 35 injured in a blast at a hotel in Malegaon, Maharashtra. |
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India, Russia extend tenure of joint panel on military, technical cooperation by 10 years. |
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Sensex plunges by 506.43 points to close at 12595.75, a two-month low. |
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Sep. 30
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At least 147 persons are killed and 59 injured in a stampede outside the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. |
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Violence again in Orissa’s Kandhamal district as people attack three villages in the G. Udayagiri block, leaving two dead and 300 houses burnt. |
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Soumya Viswanathan (25), a producer with Headlines Today is found shot dead in her car at Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. |
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